Diane Abbott - MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Diane Abbott MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington & Shadow Secretary of State for Health Site Search International Students Benefit Us All. Government Policy Makes Us Poorer - RT if you agree.\n\nRead my recent blog at 31 Dec 2016 FAQs Representing You In Parliament Please click here to read the latest about Diane Abbott MP's activity in Parliament including to download her weekly updates. Key services and jobs in Hackney could be under threat Diane Abbott MP has urged the Government to rethink new Home Office policy which would mean non-EU migrants having to earn more than £35,000 to stay in the country. Speaking to the Hackney Gazette, Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said “This proposal is ill-considered, destructive and discriminatory. The figure is completely unrealistic – £35,000 is far higher than the average UK wage...

It has the potential to rip the heart from communities like Hackney and cripple vital services – impacting countless health, charity, education and police workers, for a start.” Read the full story here Health Matters The Tories are Ripping the NHS Apart Diane Abbott MP, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Health, writes here on the key issues facing the NHS. 10.02.2016 NEWS THIS WEEK – from Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington February 9 2016 Diane Abbott's Speech to Labour Conference This September I was proud to give my first speech as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development to Labour Party conference. Advice Surgery for Constituents Do you live in Hackney North and Stoke Newington? And do you have a housing, immigration or welfare rights problem? Come to see me and my staff for confidential advice. To book an appointment call my senior caseworker Dana Carlin on: 0207 219 4330 or email danab.carlin@parliament.uk Keep me updated Sign up for Diane's mailing list and receive constituency newsletters.

Links Hackney North & Stoke Newington parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News iFrame Constituency profile Situated in north-east London, the seat of Hackney North and Stoke Newington benefited greatly from the London 2012 Olympics, with large parts of the area being regenerated. The Olympic Park has become an employment hub for the district. Improvements to the Hackney Marshes totalling £15m, meanwhile, were also secured. The constituency has the fourth-highest ranking for the number of Jewish residents, 11.3% of its population,and nearly 63% of people have no cars or vans in their households, according to ONS 2011 Census figures for England and Wales. The seat has been Labour since it was established in 1950, with David Weitzman dominating the political scene for three decades after the Second World War. Diane Abbott has represented the constituency in the Commons since 1987. In 2010, she secured 55% of votes, with the Liberal Democrats on 23.9%, Conservatives 14.5% and Greens 4.6%.

UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney North and Stoke Newington 2010 Results: Monster Raving Loony: 182 (0.39%) Independent: 157 (0.34%) Other: 1909 (5.8%) Majority: 15627 (47.6%) Boundary changes: Despite their small size, the Hackney seats undergo only minor changes to bring them into line with ward boundaries. Profile: A highly cosmopolitian and multi ethnic seat covering Stoke Newington, Clapton and Hackney Downs. This seat has one of the ten highest proportions of black residents, a significant Muslim population and also one of the highest Jewish populations because of the densely packed ultra-orthodox Hassidic Jewish community around Stamford Hill, one of the pockets of strength of the Conservative party in the seat, at least at local elections. Stamford Hill aside this is a Labour seat, there are the beginnings of gentrification and private house prices are rocketing, but this is mostly a seat of council and social housing, of estates, tower blocks, deprivation, high crime and drug problems.

Unsurprisingly it is a solid Labour seat, the small electorate and low turnout mean Diane Abbott`s seven and a half thousand majority is actually over 25 percent. There is a relatively strong showing by the Greens here, who took almost 10% of the vote, their third highest in the country in 2005. Current MP: Diane Abbott(Labour) born 1953, Paddington to a Jamacian family. Educated at Harrow County Grammar School and Cambridge University. Former civil servant, TV-AM television reporter and Lambeth council press officer. First elected as MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987, one of the first black MPs elected in almost 70 years. She is a left winger and a regular rebel against the Labour whip, opposing Iraq, foundation hospitals, top-up fees and 90 day detention – she attracted criticism from other left wing MPs though for her decision to send her son to a private school.

A seasoned media performer, she has branched out into television and regularly appears on the BBC`s week politics show This Week in a double act with Michael Portillo (more information at They work for you ) 2010 election candidates: Darren Caplan (Conservative) Educated at Birmingham University. Former central office staffer, now a Public affairs director. Married to Conservative commentator and author Jo-Anne Nadler. Diane Abbott(Labour) born 1953, Paddington to a Jamacian family. Educated at Harrow County Grammar School and Cambridge University. Former civil servant, TV-AM television reporter and Lambeth council press officer. First elected as MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987, one of the first black MPs elected in almost 70 years. She is a left winger and a regular rebel against the Labour whip, opposing Iraq, foundation hospitals, top-up fees and 90 day detention – she attracted criticism from other left wing MPs though for her decision to send her son to a private school.

A seasoned media performer, she has branched out into television and regularly appears on the BBC`s week politics show This Week in a double act with Michael Portillo (more information at They work for you ) Keith Angus (Liberal Democrat) Educated at the Open University. Project manager for the Royal Bank of Canada. Matt Sellwood (Green) Former Oxford councillor. Maxine Hargreaves (Christian Party) Knigel Knapp (Official Monster Raving Loony) Jack Pope-de-Locksley (Magna Carta) Social Housing: 43.3% (Council: 25.3%, Housing Ass.: 18.1%) Privately Rented: 17.5% Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.4% NB - The constituency guide is now archived and is no longer being updated.

The new guide is at 230 Responses to “Hackney North and Stoke Newington” « Previous 1 … 3 4 5 Stephen Botfield When Ernie Roberts was elected here in 1979 aged 67 he must have been one of the ‘oldest’ freshman MP’s.He was Labour PPC candidate for Stockport back in 1955. November 21st, 2010 at 2:45 pm Andy JS Yes he may have been the oldest. Being so advanced in years at the start of his parliamentary career was always going to increase the chances of a challenge from the new multicultural left-wing in Hackney which is exactly what happened. November 21st, 2010 at 3:03 pm H.Hemmelig Diane Abbott has gone very quiet since losing the Labour leadership election and becoming a shadow minister. This Week isn’t anywhere near as good without her. I can’t understand why she gave up her media profile to become an invisible junior shadow minister for paperclips. It was a mistake.

December 16th, 2010 at 10:50 am Andy JS The Boundary Commission have proposed a new Hackney North constituency which will include the Seven Sisters ward currently in the Tottenham constituency. This new constituency had a December 2010 electorate of 80,473 which is the absolute maximum allowable under the new rules. January 6th, 2012 at 4:43 pm Joseph Brayson The trouble is that she has form on such issues and frequently says silly comments re race. Now if she said this comment out of isolation them yes I would agree with Joe James, but the fact is that she constantly says such comments and I think the comments re taxi drivers is a step too far and she ought to resign. The more worrying issue from Labour’s POV is the weak leadership of Ed Miliband in dealing with this matter more swiftly. If a white person made such racial comments then I guarantee Diane Abbott (and Ed Miliband) would be the first to demand a resignation with the left leaning media having kittens.

Just because a Labour politician does or says something bad, then as Shaun alluded to, then that makes everything OK and the matter is closed down, but if a non Labour politician says such a thing then it’s such a big deal. January 6th, 2012 at 5:46 pm Joe James B Joseph, I do agree with you that all those things would happen if the boot was on the other foot, but I would rather rise above it. It’s really for the Labour Party to decide whether or not she is out of tune with collective responsibility as a whole to be on the front bench. richard I’ve just noticed the 1977 GLC result in this constituency. Labour (with a K Livingstone as candiate) got 53.6% of the vote and a 22% majority. But in 1979 Labour only got 51.6% of the vote and a 18.3% majority. Was there anywhere else where Labour did better in 1977 than in 1979?

September 20th, 2012 at 8:42 pm Barnaby Marder Ken Livingstone fought & won 3 different constituencies in the final 3 GLC main elections; he moved from Norwood to this seat because it was safer, then moved to Paddington, which was close to his home, because he either wanted to be leader or not on the council at all. Gerry Ross won this seat in the final GLC election. Thus Livingstone stood in Brent E, within whose former boundaries he still lives, and 2 different neighbouring constituencies, Paddington & Hampstead, in different forms of election. My distant cousin (though I knew him pretty well) Arnold Kinzley was a Tory GLC member elected in 1977 for Ilford S, but he lost it to Labour in 1981. Several future MPs were elected in that election, mainly Labour but also including Marion Roe, elected for Ilford N. Edward Leigh however lost Richmond to Adrian Slade of the Liberal Alliance. I don’t know the answer to your question Richard but in general Labour did rather better, not for the last time, in inner rather than outer London in 1977.

For example Holborn & St Pancras S was held, which wasn’t safe Labour at the time. September 20th, 2012 at 10:16 pm THE RESULTS RE Livingstone his result was shown by the BBC during their coverage of the 1987 election. The BBC that year seemed to make a point of covering London constituencies perceived to have been effected by the so-called Loony Left Labour councils. The swing to the Tories in London was ont September 20th, 2012 at 10:32 pm THE RESULTS The swing to the Tories in London was not just because of the loony left. Given that Thatcher had her base in Finchley her being an MP for a London seat must havehad some effect in London in 87. September 20th, 2012 at 10:39 pm Pete Whitehead I don;t think thats likely to have been a significant factor really.

Party leaders can and do achieve boosts in their region if there is a strong regional identity (eg Gordon Brown in Scotland in 2010, Charles Kennedy the same in 2005, William Hague in Yorkshire in 2001) but London is probably a bit different in this respect and Mrs Thatcher was not a ‘native’ Londoner anyway. Furthermore 1987 was her third election as leader so anybody liable to have swung their vote to the Conservatives on that kind of basis would have already done so in 1979 or 1983. Remember also that the swing in London wasn’t uniform – that a small swing to the Conservatives overall masked some huge swings in some areas and some swings to Labour in other areas. Finchley was one seat which did see a small swing to Labour (although NMrs T increased her own voite share) and a couple of Labour’s relatively good performances came in nearby seats such as Hamsptead and Hornsey. Most of the big swings to the Conservatives were explicable by either unpopular Labour councils (eg Ealing North, Walthamstow) or unpopular candidates or both (Brent East, Tottenham) or demographic change (Battersea).

That said although there were pro-Labour swings in seats neighbouring Finchley to the south and east, there were very good Conservative results in both Hendon seats and in Harrow. Its possible that Mrs Thatcher had some bearing on this. I don’t relaly have evidence for it but I suspect the results there had much to do with the solidifying of the Jewish vote behind the Conservatives and Mrs T can take much credit for that September 20th, 2012 at 11:38 pm THE RESULTS As a result though the swing to Labour in London was consequently above the national average in 1992 I think. There were increased majorities for John Bowis and David Mellor in their respective Wandsworth constituencies of Battersea and Putney though. September 21st, 2012 at 12:07 am Barnaby Marder Yes that’s clearly true. There were quite numerous Labour gains in London in 1992, some achieved with quite high swings such as Lewisham E. The swing to the Tories in Putney was in fact negligible though it was quite large in Battersea.

Of the seats which Labour gained in that election, almost all now seem lost for good; the only exception is Hampstead & Highgate which could well have been a Tory gain in 2010 had it not been for the boundary change. September 21st, 2012 at 8:27 am richard ” he moved from Norwood to this seat because it was safer, then moved to Paddington, which was close to his home, because he either wanted to be leader or not on the council at all. ” A nice historical ‘what-if’ presents itself here. What if Ken had returned to Norwood in 1981 and been beaten? Would he ever have amounted to anything important? Would the GLC have been abolished? Would Boris have been needed as an ‘all or nothing’ Conservative mayoral candidate? Swing 20.52% Con to Lab A gargantuan drop in Tory support December 17th, 2012 at 5:24 pm Warofdreams Sure, but not as much as the Christchurch by-election, or Labour in the Bermondsey by-election.

The biggest drops ever in support were for Independent Labour Party candidates just after 1945 – their share fell 60.6% in Glasgow Bridgeton from 1945 to 1950. December 17th, 2012 at 5:58 pm Barnaby Marder There was massive social change in most of what we would now term London’s inner suburbs during the war years; the Tories before WWII were able to win in a number of seats which subsequently became impossible for them, in areas such as Islington, Peckham and plenty more. In Stoke Newington there was during this period a great increase in the Jewish community (my mother & her family moved here during those years) but that wasn’t the case in most of the other such areas. January 26th, 2013 at 12:33 pm Joe R Without wanting to make a crude stereotype, with the number of children most orthodox Jewish have its only natural they will have to expand. Almost invariably they seem to have about 7 children with about a year separating each!

January 26th, 2013 at 12:41 pm Barnaby Marder The ultra-Orthodox Jewish population is long established in the Manor Road area though it could well be that other demographics are on the decline in their favour now. My parents lived in the road with my grandmother until they moved to Richmond in 1957; in those days, most families were ordinarily orthodox Jews like my grandmother who went to orthodox synagogue but who would not dream of wearing the sheitel (the wig which ultra-Orthodox women wear after shaving their hair off upon marriage), for example. We used to have friends in Lordship Park which is very nearby more than 20 years ago & there were a lot of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the area even then. (One of the friends in question was Yen Chit Chong, who was a Green councillor & parliamentary candidate in the area, though we have lost touch with him now.) It’s been a long while since the ultra-Orthodox were entirely confined to Clapton & Stamford Hill. UK Polling Report Geography: Greater London. Part of the Hackney council area.

Main population centres: Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Dalston, Clapton. Profile: A highly cosmopolitian and multi ethnic seat covering Stoke Newington, Clapton and Hackney Downs. This seat has one of the ten highest proportions of black residents, a significant Muslim population and also one of the highest Jewish populations because of the densely packed ultra-orthodox Hassidic Jewish community around Stamford Hill, one of the pockets of strength of the Conservative party in the seat, at least at local elections. Stamford Hill aside this is a Labour seat, there are the beginnings of gentrification and private house prices are rocketing, but this is mostly a seat of council and social housing, of estates, tower blocks, deprivation, high crime and drug problems. Politics: Unsurprisingly this is a solid Labour seat and Diane Abbott increased her already healthy majority in 2015, pushing it to almost fifty percent. Current MP DIANE ABBOTT (Labour) Born 1953, Paddington. Educated at Harrow County Grammar School and Cambridge University. Former television researcher and press officer. Westminster councillor 1982-1986.

First elected as MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987. Shadow minister for public health until 2013. Shadow internationla development secretary since 2015. She is a left winger and prior to joining the frontbench was a regular rebel against the Labour whip, opposing Iraq, foundation hospitals, top-up fees and 90 day detention - she also branched out into television and regularly appeared on the BBC`s week politics show This Week in a double act with Michael Portillo. In 2010 she contested the Labour leadership, finishing last. Past Results ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Hackney North and Stoke Newington ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog Darren Caplan selected for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Darren Caplan was last night selected to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the next general election. Darren is 36 years old and Director of Public Affairs for a London-based communications agency. He has been a public affairs practitioner since 2001, having worked at Conservative Central Office in the late 1990s.

The seat has been held for Labour since 1987 by Diane Abbott, who will defend a notional majority after boundary changes (based on the Rallings and Thrasher figures) of 8,002 over the second-placed Lib Dems. The Tories start in third place with 14.6% of the vote - and would need a swing of a little over 17% from Labour to gain the seat. This is the first of six constituencies in the party's North East London City Seats Initiative to select; the others, which will be choosing their candidates over the coming weeks, are: Hackney South and Shoreditch, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Leyton and Wanstead, and Walthamstow. Darren said on his selection: “I’m grateful to the Hackney North and Stoke Newington association members for choosing me as their candidate. I’m really looking forward to working with the team, at the forthcoming June European elections, and the subsequent local and increasingly likely general elections in 2010, when we’ll have Diane Abbott firmly in our sights!

“In the meantime, Hackney North and Stoke Newington Conservatives will be ramping up both membership and campaigning activities in the coming months. If you live in the area and want to get involved, please email us at action@hackneyconservatives.com ." Jonathan Isaby London mayoral election: Labour hopefuls debate Heathrow - BBC News BBC News London mayoral election: Labour hopefuls debate Heathrow 16 June 2015 Read more about sharing. Close share panel The candidates to become Labour's nomination for London mayor have clashed over airport expansion in their first hustings debate. Tooting MP Sadiq Khan defended his opposition to a third runway at Heathrow, saying London's air quality was already breaching EU regulations. He said Gatwick Airport should be expanded, with "high speed links" between the two and a single check-in. But rival David Lammy accused him of "the same Ed Miliband politics". "My view is the way to proceed is no third runway at Heathrow," Mr Khan said, calling for "a better Heathrow, not a bigger one".

'Gridlocked' But Tottenham MP Mr Lammy questioned the timing of Mr Khan's decision, which came after the emergence of Conservative MP and environmental campaigner Zac Goldsmith as a potential Tory candidate for the 2016 election. "Zac Goldsmith has announced he's running and suddenly Sadiq is against it," he said, accusing Mr Khan of "playing the same Ed Miliband politics that got us nowhere". Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell said she was prepared to wait until the final report of the Airports Commission which is looking at the options for expanding London's air capacity before making up her mind. But she warned against the issue becoming "gridlocked" in government. Mansion tax "We can't go on forever putting this decision off because it's just too difficult," she said. Journalist Christian Wolmar said climate change should inform the decision, while Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas said new runways should be built at both Heathrow and Gatwick. Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbott also opposed Heathrow expansion. The candidates were also asked about the "mansion" tax on homes worth over £2m that was proposed by Labour ahead of the general election.

Mr Lammy, Ms Jowell, Ms Abbott and Mr Wolmar all criticised the policy, with Ms Jowell saying that while it had been "well intentioned" it had been "emblematically disastrous" for Labour because it had caused people "anxiety" even if they weren't affected. Labour's mayoral line-up Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, former health minister Tessa Jowell, former MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, former culture secretary and Olympics minister Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, former transport minister, shadow minister for London David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, former minister for universities and skills Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West, former international development minister Christian Wolmar, journalist and author specialising in transport issues Why I'm glad Diane Abbott has entered the race | Mehdi Hason | Politics | The Guardian Why I'm glad Diane Abbott has entered the race I was disappointed by the glaring lack of diversity in Labour's leadership contest Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington.

Photograph: David Levene Thursday 20 May 2010 16.00 EDT First published on Thursday 20 May 2010 16.00 EDT Share on Messenger Close Hooray for Diane Abbott! I never thought I'd write those words. I've been ultra-critical of her in recent days, dismissing Abbott as one of the unreconstructed Labour tribalists who had scuppered any prospects of a post-election deal with the Liberal Democrats and a new "rainbow coalition" of the centre-left. But how grateful I am to the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington for entering the Labour leadership race . And to John McDonnell, the secondary-school dropout and son of a bus driver. So far the contest has resembled a City boardroom. Two Eds. Two brothers. Plus Andy Burnham. All of them white, male, fortysomething, Oxbridge graduates. Was this the best Labour could do, 81 years after the appointment of the first woman cabinet minister, 35 years after the Conservative party elected a female leader and 23 years after the arrival in Parliament of the first four ethnic-minority MPs in the post-war era?

Could no suitable female or non-white candidates be found among the 258-strong parliamentary Labour party? Perhaps the party needed to appoint itself a diversity czar. Don't get me wrong. David Miliband , Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham are all talented candidates. But I can't pretend I wasn't disappointed by the glaring lack of diversity on offer in Labour's first leadership contest for 16 years. Britain has changed. Or so we were repeatedly told by Labour ministers over the last decade. But the party itself may have taken a step backwards. In 1994, Margaret Beckett, the acting Labour leader, stood against Tony Blair and John Prescott for the leadership. This time round, the acting leader Harriet Harman – relentlessly mocked as "Harridan" and "Harperson" by the macho, rightwing press – has ruled herself out. So too has Yvette Cooper. The former work and pensions secretary, AKA Mrs Ed Balls, would have been the ideal candidate . This clever, comprehensive-educated granddaughter of a miner served in government for more than a decade but retained the ability to speak human – a rare quality among New Labour politicians.

Long touted as a future leader, a leaked report from the US embassy a few years ago referred to her as a future prime minister. But it is not to be. Cooper says her children need her (do they not need Ed?). Or perhaps Abbott's candidacy will persuade Harman or Cooper to reconsider and enter the race. They are, unlike her, credible candidates. On the hard left of the party , and competing with fellow Socialist Campaign Group member John McDonnell for votes, Abbott does not have a hope in hell of being Gordon Brown's successor. And the awkward truth for Labour is that, despite its media image as a party of the politically correct, and notwithstanding an admirable record on sexual and racial equality legislation, it has never come to terms with the idea of women running the show. Leading female politicians – from Mo Mowlam to Clare Short to Harriet Harman – fell victim to New Labour's aggressive, laddish culture, with Blairites and Brownites alike queuing up in the corridors of Westminster to whisper those fateful words: "She's not up to it." Some senior Labour women say they've felt bullied and briefed against for years.

As for race, it's depressing to note how non-white faces were appointed to junior ministerial posts under Blair and Brown while the top jobs remained off-limits. In his 2001 speech to the Labour party conference, Tony Blair extolled the rise of the then secretary of state Colin Powell in the US and wondered "frankly whether such a thing could have happened here". Yes, of course, it could. But Blair, and Brown after him, deliberately, consciously and repeatedly filled their cabinets with middle-aged, white men. Take Sadiq Khan, the ex-transport minister, former human-rights lawyer and first British Muslim to attend (but not be a member of) cabinet. He is a ferociously bright and articulate politician. But Khan has chosen to throw his support behind Ed Miliband . Why wasn't he persuaded to stand himself? Then there is David Lammy. The former higher education minister and ex-barrister was the first black Briton to graduate from Harvard. This week, in an article in the Independent, he called for 25% of the votes in Labour's electoral college to be handed to members of the public in a radical extension of party democracy. But why confine your advocacy to newspapers, David?

Why not stand for the leadership yourself? Is your profile any lower than that of, say, Andy Burnham ? Or perhaps it is time for Labour to skip a generation. If so, the ideal candidate would be the mixed-race, newly elected MP for Streatham, Chuka Umunna. Often hailed as Britain's Barack Obama, the 31-year-old former employment lawyer has the near-perfect combination of charisma, charm and confidence. But as a Commons novice, I suspect he'll be keeping his head down and dodging all comparisons with the US president. (I once introduced him to a packed auditorium as the "British Barack Obama" – only to see him physically wince.) Umunna for Labour leader? Have I veered off into the realm of fantasy politics? Maybe. But as David Remnick reveals in his new biography of Obama, the very next morning after his election to the Senate in November 2004, Obama awoke to answer questions about his prospects for running for president. Despite his instant denials to the assembled press corps – "I am not running for president . . . Guys, I am a state senator. I was elected yesterday" – we all know how that story ended.

Mehdi Hasan is senior editor (politics) at the New Statesman. His blog is at newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan • This article was amended on 21 May 2010, to clarify a reference to "the first four ethnic-minority MPs". Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London | Politics | The Guardian Labour Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London Former shadow justice secretary beats other hopefuls including Tessa Jowell and David Lammy, underlining the party’s move to the left Labour’s mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday. He won 59% of the vote. Friday 11 September 2015 12.18 EDT First published on Friday 11 September 2015 07.35 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Sadiq Khan, the former shadow justice secretary, has won the Labour nomination for the London mayoralty, underlining the extent to which the party has shifted to the left in recent months.

Khan, who comfortably beat off the challenge of Tessa Jowell, said he was overwhelmed, adding that he had never dreamed he would be standing as Labour candidate for mayor. “Like so many Londoners, I owe London everything,” he said. Khan picked up 59% of the vote and it was clear he had won as soon as the first results showed that the votes of Khan and Diane Abbott combined would outnumber those for Lady Jowell. The results, announced at the Royal Festival Hall, suggest Jeremy Corbyn is going to sweep to victory in the national leadership ballot on Saturday. Jowell had hoped her consensual style and reputation for helping to bring the Olympics to London in 2012 would be enough for her to see off the organisation of Khan and the leftward surge in the party. Khan will be relieved that in the final ballot he did not just win in the registered supporters and affiliated section, but also in the members section, giving him a solid mandate. Jowell had argued that opinion polls showed she was best placed with the wider electorate to defeat the likely Conservative candidate, Zac Goldsmith , the wealthy environmentalist and MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, next year.

The sudden growth in Labour party membership and the scale of his victory gives him a strong electoral machine, but much of the mainstream media will now side with Goldsmith, something Jowell would have prevented. Labour selects Sadiq Khan as candidate for London mayor - Politics live Read more It was thought that the surge in new members to the party since the election would benefit Khan, who was endorsed by Ken Livingstone, the former London mayor, who supports Corbyn in the national leadership vote. Khan nominated Corbyn to allow him into the contest, but supported Andy Burnham. Khan said he would not stand down as MP for Tooting until he was elected mayor and that he opposed the third runway at Heathrow. Khan defeated Jowell on the final ballot by 58.9% to 41.1% (48,152 to 33,573). He won in all three sections on the final round including in the full members section by 24,983 votes to 24,019 votes.

In the new registered supporters sector, where Londoners were allowed to vote in return for paying £3, Khan beat Jowell by 17,179 to 6,351 in the final round. In the first round of balloting, Jowell won only 4,400 votes from the £3 registered supporters, a very low score considering her national standing and support among Labour supporters in London. Abbott won 6,216 votes in the first round among this group. Turnout among full members was 81%, registered supporters 92% and affiliated supporters just 45%. In his acceptance speech, Khan said: “I am deeply humbled to have received the support of tens of thousands of Londoners. I am determined to repay that trust by winning the mayoral election next May and making a real difference to Londoners’ lives. “London gave me and my family huge opportunities: a council house so we could save for a deposit to buy our own home, a secure job for my dad as a bus driver, a great education for me and my siblings, affordable university places and good quality apprenticeships. “As mayor, I will provide more opportunities for all Londoners.

My priorities for Londoners are clear: an affordable and secure home to rent or buy, more jobs with higher wages for the lowest paid, making it easier to set up and run a successful business, reducing the cost of commuting and making London’s environment safer, healthier and less polluted.” Khan also beat Lammy, MP for Tottenham, Abbott, the leftwing MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Christian Wolmar, the transport writer and activist, and Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West, who wanted to devolve more economic powers to London. Central issues in the election next spring will be airport expansion in south-east England, housing and the powers of the mayor, but the personalities of the candidates will also play a critical role. It means Corbyn will be much more closely associated with the Labour contest next year, in which Goldsmith and Khan will fight it out. There have been two competitng strategies inside the Labour party on how to win a mayoral contest in London: one is to win the suburbs, the approach favoured by Jowell; and the other is to put together a strong left coalition, the strategy favoured by Livingstone.

Friday’s result shows that the party membership in London is behind Corbyn’s politics and, contrary to expectations, turnout in the union-affilated section was quite high. Corbyn never endorsed Abbott, although she linked her voting record in the Commons to his and tried to ride on his coat tails. Goldsmith prizes his independence from Downing Street, so both candidates are likely to make a virtue of their differences with their national leadership. In previous London mayoral elections, the efficient Labour machine got out the vote in inner London but was unable to overcome strong Conservative support in the suburbs. Khan said he had always believed he would win comfortably. “I never thought it was going to be a close race. I was always quietly confident,” he said. Asked whether backing from Livingstone had swung the result for him, Khan said: “I’ve been blessed by having all kinds of endorsements from sorts of great people, Ken Livingstone, Margaret Hodge, Oona King, Michael Cashman. I am not tribal. If you see the people who are supporting me it is across the Labour spectrum.

“What I am pleased about is that I have won every single section of the vote: members, supporters, affiliated and registered as well.” Khan praised Jowell as a formidable politician, but declined to say whether he would offer her a job if he won the mayoralty. Diane Abbott MP, Hackney North and Stoke Newington - TheyWorkForYou TheyWorkForYou MP, Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour Diane Abbott campaigned to remain in the European Union Let your MP know how you feel – Source: BBC Diane Abbott’s voting in Parliament Diane Abbott is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs. However, Diane Abbott sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as: Diane Abbott almost always voted against introducing foundation hospitals, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes Diane Abbott consistently voted against the Iraq war, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes Diane Abbott generally voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes Diane Abbott generally voted against requiring the mass retention of information about communications, while most Labour MPs generally voted for.

Show votes Diane Abbott generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes We have lots more plain English analysis of Diane Abbott’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Diane Abbott’s full vote analysis page for more. Diane Abbott has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Last updated: 9 Jan 2017. 1. Employment and earnings Fees received for co-presenting BBC ’s ‘ This Week ’ TV programme. Address: BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA. (Registered 04 November 2013 ) 8 January 2016 , received £700 for an appearance on 17 December 2015 . Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 14 January 2016) 21 March 2016 , received £4,000 via Speakers Corner (London) Ltd, Unit 31, Highbury Studios, 10 Hornsey Street, London N7 8EL, from Thompson Reuters, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP, for speaking and consulting on a panel. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 06 April 2016 ) 4.

Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Muslim Charities Forum Address of donor: 6 Whitehorse Mews, 37 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7QD Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for a member of staff and myself, return flights to Nairobi £5,170; one night's accommodation in Hargeisa £107.57; one night's accommodation in Borama £36.21; total £5,313.78 Destination of visit: Somaliland Date of visit: 7-10 April 2016 Purpose of visit: to visit the different refugee camps and charities (development) in regards to the severe drought in Somaliland.

Name of donor: British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Address of donor: Bleicherweg, 128002, Zurich, Switzerland Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights £200.14; one night's accommodation £177, train fare Geneva to Zurich £110; total £487.14 Destination of visit: Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland Date of visit: 28-29 April 2016 Purpose of visit: to participate in a public panel discussion in Geneva in front of British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, its members and guests.

(Registered 18 May 2016) Name of donor: Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria Address of donor: Secretariat 5th Floor, 72 Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for myself and a member of staff, accommodation, breakfast and dinner £1,155.88 plus flights at an estimated value of £1,405, total £2,560.88 Destination of visit: Nigeria Date of visit: 29 May - 2 June 2016 Purpose of visit: to deliver speech on education and visit education and maternal health development projects. (Registered 27 June 2016) 8. Miscellaneous Since December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. (Registered 26 October 2016 )

Question: Which candidate in the 2010 Labour leadership elections is MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington?
Answer: Diane Abbott